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Kathy Merkle, Dr. John Maxted, Cathy Teolis and Brenda Wilson
OUR FAMILY MEDICINE TEACHING UNIT TURNS 10! It all started in a little white trailer. That was where a team of four physicians and 10 staff began caring for patients and training the next generation of family physicians when MSH opened its Family Medicine Teaching Unit (FMTU) in 2010. “For our first two months, we were in a trailer in the parking lot of the Health Services Building next to the hospital, waiting for our offices to be ready,” says
Dr. John Maxted, one of the original physicians who is still a member of the FMTU. “It was a very interesting way to start practicing.” Also called Health for All Family Health Team, the FMTU was approved by the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto to train new physicians during their postgraduate residency in family medicine. The FMTU also has the distinction of being MSH’s first
academic teaching program. Over the last 10 years, the FMTU has grown to a team of 60 that serves 11,000 patients and trains 18 to 20 residents each year. “I’m so proud of how our FMTU has evolved and the exceptional primary care we provide to our community,” says Dr. Caroline Geenen, Chief of Staff at MSH. Dr. Maxted adds that “it’s especially rewarding to witness the many residents who graduate through our program and continue to practice right here in Markham, including in our own hospital and FMTU.”
USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE Patients and families are benefiting from the launch of a new Kids Health Alliance (KHA) virtual care project that allows the care team at MSH’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to consult experts at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) with the added used of video. The introduction of video will provide the SickKids team with
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the ability to see the baby in real time and determine if the baby needs to be transferred. Currently in Ontario, 49 NICUs access the province’s Neonatal Consult, Transfer and Transport program to seek input from paediatric and neonatal medical specialists. Up until now, this program has been available exclusively over the phone.
Dr. Navneet Sharma and NICU nurse
This project will improve health outcomes at MSH and allow for enhanced quality care close to home.
